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lucidinthe sky wrote:At this point I am leaning toward the belief that all physical reality is a manifestation of conscious beings made of light energy (the only thing that truly exists), in other words we all create this reality. In the words of The Matrix: "there is no spoon". I know this is a radical belief system and impossible to prove in a scientific manner and I won't attempt to prove it. But there is no question about the fact that the world we know and experience must be created with our senses and we are not capable of experiencing physical reality as it truly is.
I think life here on earth is in one way or another a "virtual reality" much like lucid dreams and in a sense, is a simulation. We are all participating together to manifest our physical reality and agree on the rules that operate in it so it is very stable.
What you're referring to here is Tom Campbell's "My Big TOE".
He posits that this is a digital, virtual reality... and the statement "there is no spoon", reflects his known that what we experience in this reality is just "data", which our consciousness processes in order to experience this reality. Experiencing another "reality" (aka the dream reality or somewhere else) is a matter of switching data streams to that reality.


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CBS Sports lead NFL analyst, New York Giants Super Bowl XXI MVP and 15-year NFL veteran Phil Simms, along with his play-by-play partner, Jim Nantz host a true football lovers show in unveiling the "Phil Simms All-Iron Team: Super Bowl Edition" on Sunday, Feb. 3 (1 p.m.), prior to "The Super Bowl Today" on the CBS Television Network.
Hosted from New Orleans, home of Super Bowl XLVII, this year's "All-Iron Team" highlights the greatest moments, stories and performances in Super Bowl history, and the players that make up those moments. Simms counts down many of his favorite moments, including the top catches, blunders, gambles and runs in the history of the biggest game in sports. He also delves deep into the history of the game, and tells the little-known stories of the top assistant coaches, most unlikely heroes, players who should have been MVP, and the best teams never to win the Lombardi Trophy. Some of these great stories are told by the players and coaches themselves, including Bill Belichick, John Elway and Sean Payton.
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Ervin Strandquist, 85, died on Friday, January 21, 2005 at MeritCare Hospital in Fargo, N.D.
Funeral services were held on Tuesday, January 25, at New Life Family Worship Center in Thief River Falls. Ervin's son, Pastor Jerry Strandquist officiated. Casket bearers included Ervin's 12 grandchildren. Honorary casket bearers included Ervin's Fellow Gideons and the McDonald's Crew. Interment will be held at Oak Grove Cemetery in Newfolden.
Ervin Lester Strandquist was born April 30, 1919 in Strandquist, MN the son of Andrew E. and Lilly (Thall) Strandquist. He attended school in Strandquist and after school he farmed with his family in Marshall County.
Ervin came to faith in Christ as an adult and was a life long member of the Assembly of God Church.
He was united in marriage to Evelyn Peterson on June 6, 1942 at the Assembly of God Church in Thief River Falls by the Rev. G. Raymond Carlson. The couple made their home on the family farm in Foldahl Township in Marshall County where he farmed. They moved to Thief River Falls and Ervin worked for City Dairy for about five years before returning to the farm where he continued to farm until retiring in 1987. The couple then moved to Thief River Falls where they resided until the summer of 2004 when they moved to Moorhead.
Ervin always enjoyed bragging about his grandchildren. He was an avid sports fan who enjoyed visiting with anyone and always had a story to tell, especially with his companions at McDonalds over a cup of tea. Ervin never met a person he did not like. To Ervin, church was a big part of his life and he enjoyed sharing his faith.
He served on the Foldahl Township Board, was President of the Township Officers of the State of Minnesota, served as Chairman for Northwest Regional Development Commission and also served on the School Board at Marshall County Central in Newfolden. Ervin was a member of the New Life Family Worship Center in Thief River Falls where served on the board for many years. He was a member of the Gideons International.
Survivors include his wife Evelyn of Moorhead; five children, Jerry (Kathy) Strandquist of Burnsville, Terry (Beverly) Strandquist of St. Louis, Mo., Clyde (Wanda) Strandquist of West Fargo, N.D., Diane Strandquist of Minneapolis, and David (Connie) Strandquist of Hawley; 12 grandchildren; two brothers, Adler Strandquist of Bloomington and Einar (Fern) Strandquist of Grand Forks, N.D.; sister, Arlet (Marvin) Jorgenson of Brainerd; brother-in-law, Webster (Charlotte) Thackeray of Havre, Mont.; and many other nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.
Ervin was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Daniel; two sisters in infancy and one sister, Ethel Thackeray.
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Microsoft is making big, bold bets on its new operating system, Windows 8, which is set for release later this year.
Windows 8 is, in large part, Microsoft's response to a world that is increasingly mobile, and in which tablet devices may be competing with desktops for consumers' computing time.
Perhaps not surprisingly, industry observers seem split on Microsoft's chances of success with Windows 8. Some like where the company is going, and think Microsoft's focus on touch-enabled devices is the right one. But others think the Redmond software giant is taking too big a risk and won't be able to execute.
Who is right? The answer may be determined by the supporting cast: the software available for Windows 8. Microsoft is hoping developers flock to the Windows Store, but it also has a formidable asset in Office, the ubiquitous application suite used by countless consumers and businesses. And today, Microsoft made it clear: it will use Office as a weapon as it battles to maintain its position in the computing landscape.
The new version of Office Microsoft unveiled today is a "touch everywhere" application designed for touch and stylus-based input. There a social features, such as integration with Skype and Yammer. And a new API will allow developers to build Office add-ons using JavaScript and HTML5.
But the biggest changes to Office relate to the way it's sold and delivered:
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- Office 2013 will be sold as a cloud-based subscription offering that comes in three flavors. According to Microsoft, "each new subscription offer will include the new 2013 editions of the Office applications — Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher and Access. In addition, subscribers will receive future rights to version upgrades as well as per-use rights across up to five PCs or Macs and mobile devices."
As Ars Technica's Sean Gallagher succinctly puts it, "Microsoft is clearly counting on Office 2013 to be a fulcrum point for the company's whole Windows and cloud platform strategy: moving from a PC-centric worldview to an ecosystem of devices; moving from older Windows versions to Windows 8; and moving from software sales toward cloud-driven subscriptions."
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Bryant Mayor Jill Dabbs goes on the defensive
On Jan. 5 the Bryant City Council voted unanimously to overturn the resignation of the city's finance manager, Gary Hollis, which had been requested by Mayor Jill Dabbs.
The following day, Dabbs hit the airwaves of Central Arkansas to make her case during an interview at a Little Rock radio station.
In addition to Hollis' resignation, Dabbs had asked for and received the resignation of City Attorney Nga Mauhfouz.
Both tendered the resignations on Dec. 30, 2010.
On Thursday night, the council determined that since Hollis was given the option to resign or be terminated, the action taken by Dabbs created a forced resignation and, as such, the council was within its authority to overturn the decision.
Earlier in the week, Dabbs appointed Doyle Webb as interim city attorney. Webb, a former state senator, is chairman of the Republican Party of Arkansas and a resident of Benton.
During her radio interview, Dabbs spoke openly about the Bryant council, reacted to talk of an effort to recall her from position as mayor and her efforts to move Bryant forward.
In particular, Dabbs singled out Alderman Adrian Henley in her radio comments. Later, when contacted by the Courier, Dabbs expanded on her comments about Henley by saying, "I wish Alderman Henley would spend as much time working for the betterment of Bryant and less time on being an obstructionist to what the citizens have elected me to accomplish. His energy is misplaced for what he has been elected to do."
In her radio comments, Dabbs said that "Henley acts like he speaks on behalf of the whole council. I hope this isn't so."
Members of the Bryant council were contacted for a response to this statement. Alderman Rob Roedel stated, "The only person that speaks for me is Rob Roedel." At press time, no other alderman had responded.
In regard to Hollis, Dabbs tells the Courier, "I have been apprised by the state legislative audit based on the findings of the 2010 audit, for the year prior to my taking office, that a referral has been made to the prosecuting attorney's office for an investigation."
When asked if this information factored into her decision to ask for Hollis' resignation, Dabbs responded, "It was a factor because trust is the most valued commodity between any CEO/Mayor and CFO."
In response to Dabbs' comments, Hollis told the Courier, "I'm not aware of any infraction in the audit report that directly or indirectly involves me. There were one or two minor issues with IT (information technology)."
Speaking from his office on Friday, Hollis said that his return has not caused issues with Dabbs. "She seems to be making an attempt to be professional, and I appreciate that."
In the radio interview, Dabbs expressed her concern for the city of Bryant and said the negative publicity the town has received "is not good for the city." She went on to state that the majority of issues are being raised by "three or four individuals. We are better than this."
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I think I need to express my position more clearly. So, I will give it another try.
1. Genealogy is not a contact sport.
What I mean by this first statement is fairly obscure. But if you think about it, genealogy does not involve any sort of competition. There are no winners and losers in genealogy, only researchers. There is no Super Bowl of genealogy. There is a level playing field. We all have families and ancestors. So why the antagonism? However, my last few days at the Family History Library have shown me that genealogy is not for those who lack the will to keep going. Many of the people in the Library we old enough to populate the area's extended care facilities, but there they were there with their walkers, canes and wheelchairs and all, working away at genealogical research.
2. Stories are important, but we can have photos and stories without destroying and dumbing down serious research.
Believing that you can substitute stories and photos for the underlying serious research will only go so far. If it means that there will be less support for the serious kind of researcher, then you are throwing the baby out with the bathwater or as my Grandmother would say, cutting off your nose to spite your face. It should not be an "either/or" sort of proposition. If you think that emphasizing stories and photos will attract new people to genealogy, then by all means, let's have stories and photos. But there is no need to deemphasize research. Unless you somehow believe that aiding researchers will drive away the masses?
3. We all have time to do what what value doing.
I guess I kind of resented the comments that insinuated that in my dotage, I had no concept of what it is like to support a family, change diapers, work at a difficult job, contribute to the community and still have time for genealogy. I am fully aware that there are younger researchers who feel frustrated at their lack of time to spend on genealogy. I happen to live in an area that is primarily retired folks, at least during the winter months. We do see a measurable increase in traffic at the Mesa FamilySearch Library when the so-called Winter Visitors are present, but the number interested in genealogy is vanishingly small compared to the number who play golf, for example. Having leisure time does not equate to an interest in genealogy. Likewise, being busy just means you have to give up some types of activities to have time for genealogy. What I disagree with is the concept that genealogy (and other similar type activities, such as self-education, serving in the community and so forth) are "leisure" only activities.
I do not want to make you tired listing all the activities and commitments I have every week. By the way, I am still working in at least four different businesses. I do have considerably more time than I used to do genealogy, but that is because I choose to do research rather than other "leisure" activities.
I certainly do not wish to denigrate anyone who is actively raising a family. I have not forgotten when we had seven children at home under the age of 13. My observations apply to all age groups. Genealogy is not a favorite activity for a very high percentage of any population. But the nature of the subject matter and the skills required severely limit those who lack those skills from participating unless they are motivated to learn and develop their skills.
4. Why Johnny can't read.
Do you realize that this book, Why Johnny Can't Read, was written Rudolf Flesch and published back in 1955? What has changed in education since then? It happens to be my opinion that the answer is "not much." You might be aware that Flesch wrote another book entitled "Why Johnny Still Can't Read" in 1981, twenty-six years later. Almost the same book could be written today, although if the test scores can be believed, there has been some advances in reading but losses in other academic areas.
Flesch, Rudolf. Why Johnny Can't Read: And What You Can Do About It. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1955.
If Johnny can't read, he can't do genealogical research. My comments were directed at the 50% of our population who don't finish high school not those with graduate degrees. I was merely pointing out that if we want larger percentages of our population to be involved in genealogy, we are going to have to become involved in the greater problem of educating our population in general. Activities such as genealogy are more like academic professions than they are like unskilled labor. Yes, we can all contribute to family stories and upload photos, but who then will do the serious research? How do you propose that we transition from stories to research? Or is research no longer necessary?


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Deubler, Borgerding finish 14th at state swimming events
CANTON — Jared Deubler finished off his record-setting swimming career at St. Marys Memorial with a 14th-place finish in the 100 yard backstroke at the Division II state swimming championships on Friday.
Deubler, who advanced to the B Final after finishing 10th in the preliminaries on Thursday night at the C.T. Branin Natatorium in Canton, turned in a 55.06-second time on Friday — about seven-tenths of a second off his time in the prelims.
Deubler, who set the WBL and school records in the event, made four trips to Canton for state in the backstroke. He also competed in a relay as a junior at state.
Minster junior Nikki Borgerding finished 14th in the girls 100 yard breaststroke after her finish in Friday night's B Final with a 1:08.74 time. Borgerding advanced to Friday with an 11th-place finish in the prelims.
Borgerding competed in three events this week at state and has now made a trip to state in her first three seasons. She'll go for a fourth trip to state next winter.
Lima Shawnee's Emily Murphy won the state championship in the girls 50 yard freestyle with a 22.95-second time. Wapakoneta's Josie Miller finished 14th in the event with a 24.46-second pace. Shawnee's Murphy also finished third in the girls 100 yard freestyle (50.76).
The Celina 200 freestyle relay team of Megan Muhlenkamp, Madison Weininger, Cami Dzendzel and Michaela Wenning finished 10th (1:40.14).
Celina's Tyus Temple finished 12th in the boys 100 yard butterfly with a 52.47-second time.
Wapakoneta's Charlie Sutton took 13th in the boys 50 yard freestyle with a 22.08-second time.
Van Wert's Eric Easley finished eighth in the boys 100 backstroke with a 53.49-second time. Easley was 16th in the boys 200 individual medley.


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Emily Duff is seeded first in the 400 IM tonight.
Live Results Live Video The 2014 CCSA Swimming & Diving Championships continue, with day three under way at Tennessee's Allan Jones Aquatic Center. Tonight's evening session starts at 6 p.m. with the 400 IM B final.
Liberty, leading the standings with 264 points, excelled in this morning's preliminary session, earning 13 swims in tonight's finals (10 in A finals, three in B finals). Emily Duff swam a program-record 4:20.89 while turning in the top qualifying time in the 400 IM. Jess Reinhardt broke her own 100 fly CCSA, meet and program record in an NCAA B cut 52.14. Bethany Kennon and Ranndi Grubbs both qualified for the 100 fly A final. In the 200 freestyle, Liberty claimed four spots in finals, led by Heather McCorkel's third-place qualification, as the freshman broke her own program record in 1:50.24. Meghan Babcock also made the 200 free A final, while Bethany Kennon and Kristin VanDeventer qualified for the B final. Emilie Kaufman raced to a record-setting, NCAA B cut time, 1:00.26, the top time in 100 breaststroke qualifying. The Lady Flames earned four finals swims in the 100 back, including three in the A final. Kendall Hough swam a lifetime-best 54.66, qualifying in second with an NCAA B cut. Natalie Chambers and Victoria Tschoke both earned A finals swims, while Chloe Thomas gained a B final appearance.
Tonight's finals will feature pool-side, live blog coverage as the Lady Flames compete in Knoxville. Look for coverage to begin shortly before the 6 p.m. finals start with an interactive blog, where all are invited to interact with questions and comments.
Day 3 – Finals (6 p.m.) 400-yard Individual Medley (A – Emily Duff) 100-yard Butterfly (A – Jess Reinhardt, Bethany Kennon, Ranndi Grubbs) 200-yard Freestyle (A – Heather McCorkel, Meghan Babcock; B – Bethany Kennon, Kristin VanDeventer) 100-yard Breaststroke (A – Emilie Kaufman) 100-yard Backstroke (A – Kendall Hough, Natalie Chambers, Victoria Tschoke; B – Chloe Thomas) One-meter Diving (Men) 400-yard Medley Relay "A" Individual events will be scored as follows: 20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Relay events will be scored as follows: 40-34-32-30-28-26-24-22-18-14-12-10-8-6-4-2
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Driving drunk repeatedly? Yes please do charge him. Kiefer Sutherland is officially facing two misdemeanour counts of DUI and could be looking at 18 months in prison which of course is why he's hired high powered attorney Blair Berk. Seems like all Berk clients get to walk, although word is Kiefer will be appearing before the same judge who tore Paris Hilton a new asshole.
Wonder if he'll be in the same foul mood?
At the very least, how about revoking driving privileges for a very, very long time? Because although he is rumoured to be a functioning alcohol with a family history of substance – certainly deserving of some sympathy – attempting murder behind the wheel of a car makes Kiefer Sutherland selfish, arrogant, and dumb. Making excuses for it is even worse.
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Andrew Garfield & Jesse Eisenberg: Supreme in Soho
Andrew Garfield and Jesse Eisenberg meet up on Friday (May 6) in the Soho neighborhood of New York City.
The Social Network co-stars did some shopping at skating and clothing store Supreme as well as McNally Jackson Books Store.
Andrew and Jesse, both 27, are up for golden popcorn trophies at this year's MTV Movie Awards.
Jesse is nominated for Best Male Performance, while Andrew is nominated for Best Breakout Star.
The Social Network will vie for Best Movie, while Jesse and Andrew will also both compete for Best Line from a Movie.
Check out the full list of nominees at MTV.com and be sure to vote at MovieAwards.MTV.com!
FYI: Andrew is wearing Levi's 511 Skinny Jeans in Madder Used Brown Corduroy.
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S/Sgt Oscar Kaney, Jr. flew 51 Combat Missions with the B-25 Mitchell Medium Bomber 321st Bomb Group, assigned to the 446th Bomb squad and flew 51 Combat Missions in the Mediterranean Theatre. Oscar was a Flight Engineer/Aerial Gunner.
_ Oscar J Kaney, Jr. (14104454 ) was residing in McDuffee County, Georgia and entered the Service 15 April, 1942. Born in Georgis in 1921, had completed high school, is White, Citizen and was working as Mechanic/repairman of Motor Vehicles. Oscar was still single at Enlistment._
Kaney, Oscar J., Jr., Sgt, engineer-gunner (Boneville GA)(NARA - 14104454 KANEY#OSCAR#J#JR# GA MC DUFFEE FT MCPHERSON ATLANTA GA 42) ************* ARRIVE July 1943 and ***********
446th BS War Diary:A big mail call with plenty of V-Mail gave morale a big boost.A successful mission was flown and seven lucky combat men got their "going home" orders: Lt. Brady, Lt. Pappas, Sgts. Barber, Haasch_,_ Haughom, Kaney and Pilcher.
Barber, Otis C., Sgt, gunner; Brady, Joseph A., Lt, pilot
**Haasch, George F., Sgt, radio-gunner; Haughom, Milfred O., Sgt, gunner **
**Kaney, Oscar J., Sgt, gunner; Pappas, William J., Lt, bombardier **
Pilcher, Byron E., Sgt, gunner
**Personal notes from son Joey; 3 June, 2012 **My dad, Oscar J. Kaney, flew 51 missions in 1943-1944 as a B-25 engineer/gunner with the 321st 446th. His crew flew the Flamingo 42-32429 from the US to North Africa in 1943. He has notes from each of his 51 missions.
6 June, 2012; Thanks for getting back to me. All this 446th material is really helping Daddy get thru his 91st year. Adding Daddy to this page would be wonderful. Should I scan all his hand written notes and his pictures and send them to you? Please advise as to the most efficient way to get him included on your website and I'll do my best. Thanks, Joey


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John Rovick, the beloved host of a children's cartoon show in Los Angeles throughout the 1950s and 60s, has died.
Rovick died Saturday in Boise, Idaho after a brief illness, his former station, KTTV-TV, told The Associated Press. He was 93.
For nearly two decades, Rovick appeared on the daily "Cartoon Time" show that earned him an Emmy award for outstanding children's program. It was so popular with young viewers that KTTV said it added another show to its midday schedule, "Sheriff John's Lunch Brigade," that stayed on the air until 1970.
Staples of the show included Rovick reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, singing "The Birthday Cake Polka" and leading viewers on a prayer before having lunch along with them. He opened the show with the song "Laugh and Be Happy."
Rovick created the sheriff persona because of his interest in law enforcement. He served in World War II as a radio gunner for the Army Air Forces.
The Dayton, Ohio native was survived by his wife and two daughters.


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In another black eye for Newt Gingrich, the flagship of what's known in Washington as "Newt Inc." has filed for bankruptcy.
In a Chapter 7 filing in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Georgia, The Gingrich Group LLC, doing business as the Center for Health Transformation, filed for bankruptcy Wednesday. (Chapter 7 is "the chapter of the Bankruptcy Code providing for 'liquidation,' that is, the sale of a debtor's nonexempt property and the distribution of the proceeds to creditors," as defined by the federal courts.)
The vast majority of Gingrich's net worth is tied up in the Gingrich Group. Gingrich is worth overall between $7.1 million and $31 million, according to his financial disclosure. He lists a promissory note from Gingrich Group as being worth between $5 million and $25 million.
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Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich speaks at the Gulf Coast Energy Summit in Biloxi, Miss.
Gingrich was chairman of the group until May of last year, when he announced he was running for president. Since the candidate turned focus toward his presidential run, the Gingrich Group has struggled to raise money, leading to its eventual collapse.
The bankruptcy comes at a time when Gingrich's campaign is struggling to regain any momentum. He has won only two states during his run for president -- South Carolina and Georgia, his home state -- and he lags far behind front-runner Mitt Romney in the delegate count, in third place with just 137 out of the 1,144 needed to become the nominee.
Mitt Romney has half the delegates he'll need to secure the GOP nomination, but Newt Gingrich refuses to leave the race. The Washington Post's Karen Tumulty discusses.
Though he continues to pledge that he's "going to Tampa," the site of the Republican National Convention this summer, Gingrich is sounding increasingly like a candidate fighting for relevance rather than the presidency.
(Here are the bankruptcy filings - Part 1, Part 2.)
The news of the bankruptcy was first reported by the Atlanta Business Chronicle and confirmed by NBC News with the court in Atlanta and a federal court database search.
Gingrich pulled in $2.5 million -- the bulk of his income -- from January 2010 to August 2011 from sister organizations Gingrich Productions and Gingrich Communications.
On the campaign trail, Gingrich has touted ideas coming from his health think tank. And it has been a source of controversy, as questions were raised -- and other campaigns questioned - whether Gingrich acted as a lobbyist on behalf of the group in Georgia.
The Washington Post wrote: "[H]is time there exemplifies the former Georgia congressman's post-legislative career as a well-paid consultant and policy guru, a role that earned him and his companies tens of millions of dollars over the past decade."
NBC's Kathy Johnson and Marcie Rickun contributed to this report.


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The prospect of a North Korean missile test is "considerably high," South Korea's foreign minister told lawmakers Wednesday as Pyongyang calmly prepared to mark the April 15 birthday of its founder, historically a time when it seeks to draw the world's attention with dramatic displays of military power.
CBS News correspondent Margaret Brennan, reporting from Seoul, South Korea, said on "CBS This Morning" that countries braced for a possible launch of a North Korean missile that U.S. intelligence says could happen at any time and head in a number of directions.
South Korea said it was bracing for the launch of a new and untested North Korean intermediate-range missile called the Musudan, which is also known as the Taepodong-X.
South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se told a parliamentary hearing that "according to intelligence obtained by our side and the U.S., the possibility of a missile launch by North Korea is very high," Brennan reports.
The Musudan, which has a range of between 1,500 and 2,500 miles, could reach Japan and U.S. military bases in the region. In Tokyo, Japan's defense minister inspected missile interceptors deployed in and around the capital, Brennan reports.
Earlier, a Defense Ministry official said preparations appeared to be complete, and that the launch could take place at any time.
Yun said Seoul was bracing for the test-fire of a ballistic missile dubbed "Musudan" by foreign experts after the name of the northeastern village where North Korea has a launch pad. Experts said the Musudan is mainly designed to reach the U.S. territory of Guam though it can also place U.S. military installations in Japan in its striking range.
North Korean officials have not announced plans to launch a missile, but have told foreign diplomats in Pyongyang that they will not be able to guarantee their safety starting Wednesday. Officials also have urged tourists in South Korea to take cover, warning that a nuclear war is imminent. However, most diplomats and foreign residents appeared to be staying put.
The threats are largely seen as rhetoric and an attempt by North Korea to scare foreigners into pressing their governments to pressure Washington and Seoul to change their policies toward Pyongyang, as well as to boost the military credentials of North Korea's young leader, Kim Jong Un. North Korea does not have diplomatic relations with the U.S. and South Korea, its foes during the Korean War of the 1950s.
On the streets of Pyongyang, the focus was less on preparing for war and more on beautifying the city ahead of the nation's biggest holiday. Soldiers laid blankets of sod to liven up a city still coming out of a long, cold winter; gardeners got down on their knees to plant flowers and trees, and students marched off to school — ordinary springtime activities belying the high tensions.
Downtown, schoolchildren headed toward the towering statues of the two late leaders, Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, dragging brooms behind them. The brooms are used to sweep the plaza where the bronze statues stand on a hilltop overlooking Pyongyang. A group of women with coats thrown over traditional dresses rushed through the spring chill after leaving a rehearsal for a dance set to take place for Kim Il Sung's birthday celebrations.
At the base of Mansu Hill, a group of young people held a small rally to pledge their loyalty to Kim Jong Un and to sing the Kim ode "We Will Defend the Marshal With Our Lives."
Kim Un Chol, the 40-year-old head of a political unit at Pyongyang's tobacco factory, said he had been discharged from the military but was willing to re-enlist if war breaks out. He said North Koreans were resolute.
"The people of Pyongyang are confident. They know we can win any war," he told The Associated Press. "We now have nuclear weapons. So you won't see any worry on people's faces, even if the situation is tense."
North Korea sporadically holds civil air raid drills during which citizens practice blacking out their windows and seeking shelter. But no such drills have been held in recent months, local residents said.
Last year, the days surrounding the centennial of the birth of Kim Il Sung, grandfather of the current ruler, were marked by parades of tanks, goose-stepping soldiers and missiles, as well as the failed launch of a satellite-carrying rocket widely believed by the U.S. and its allies in the West to be a test of ballistic missile technology. A subsequent test in December went off successfully, and that was followed by the country's third underground nuclear test on Feb. 12 this year, possibly taking the regime closer to mastering the technology for mounting an atomic bomb on a missile.
The resulting U.N. sanctions and this spring's annual U.S.-South Korean military drills have been met with an unending string of threats and provocations from the North.
Adm. Samuel Locklear, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington on Tuesday that North Korea's persistent nuclear and missile programs and threats have created "an environment marked by the potential for miscalculation."
He said the U.S. military and its allies would be ready if North Korea tries to strike.
North Korea has been escalating tensions with the U.S. and South Korea, its wartime foes, for months. The tightened U.N. sanctions that followed the nuclear test drew the ire of North Korea, which accused Washington and Seoul of leading the campaign against it. Annual U.S.-South Korean military drills south of the border have further incensed Pyongyang, which sees them as practice for an invasion.
Last week, Kim Jong Un enshrined the pursuit of nuclear weapons — which the North characterizes as a defense against the U.S. — as a national goal, along with improving the economy. North Korea also declared it would restart a mothballed nuclear complex.
Citing the tensions with Seoul, North Korea on Monday pulled more than 50,000 workers from the Kaesong industrial park, which combines South Korean technology and know-how with cheap North Korean labor. It was the first time that production was stopped at the decade-old factory park, the only remaining symbol of economic cooperation between the Koreas.
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"Pose/Re-Pose: Figurative Works Then and Now" showcases works from the Walter O. Evans Collection by acclaimed African American artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries in dialogue with contemporary artists who utilize the body as a primary focus. In so doing, this exhibition explores the lineage of figurative art across generations and media. It examines how the body, in all its myriad forms, has been and continues to be depicted, and articulates the relationship of these pioneering African American artists to contemporary artistic practices.
Selected artists from the Evans Collection include: Charles Alston, Richmond Barthé, Margaret Burroughs, Elizabeth Catlett, Eldzier Cortor, Aaron Douglas, Robert Scott Duncanson, Edwin A. Harleston, Clementine Hunter and Marion Perkins.
Selected contemporary artists include: Radcliffe Bailey, Chantal Joffe, Titus Kaphar, Simone Leigh and Chitra Ganesh, Loretta Lux, Wardell Milan, Youssef Nabil, Aïda Ruilova, Claudette Schreuders, Alec Soth and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye.
Reception: Sept. 28, 7-8:30 p.m.
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New surrounding Erik Buell Racing and its 1190RS street bike continue to pour in, as the company has announced a three-year title partnership deal with AMSOIL for the Erik Buell Racing AMA Pro Superbike team.
While the news of race sponsorship is certainly good for Erik Buell and his crew (Geoff May will continue at the helm of the #99 race bike), we think the company's goal of debuting the EBR 1190RS as its race bike starting at the Infineon round in May is what will really excite Buell's legion of fans.
EBR will start with last year's 1125RR at Daytona, and expects to switch to the then homologated 1190RS, with its larger displacement, starting at West Coast Moto Jam held in May at the Sonoma track.


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My top Twitter followers of 200 according to http://mytopfollowersin2010.com
This site gives you the option of tweeting a list of your top followers, which I did. The tweet it generated was:
My Top Followers in 2010: @socaustgen @judyqld @insidehistory @caroleriley @journeyjottings. Find yours @ http://mytopfollowersin2010.com
Perhaps I misunderstood what's going on here, but the followers listed do not correspond to the top followers on the list. I apologise to those of you who were missed.


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Gardeners like to compete with each other over who has the worst soil. You wouldn't think we'd be proud of this, but what can I say, we're a strange bunch. One will argue for his hard clay, baked in the sun, another for her sand, without a trace of organic matter. I've got my own candidate for the worst soil ever – the stuff in the beds around my house.
Oh, texturally, it is among the best I've got – sandy loam, warms up nicely, isn't too wet like much of the rest of my soil. It had some nice enough foundation plantings, and I mostly ignored it for the first few years I was here. But a couple of years ago, I decided that I wanted to make use of this growing space, and then I discovered that my soil, was, well…dead.
By dead, I mean there wasn't a living thing in it. Not a beetle or a spider, and especially not an earthworm. It was weird. I knew that some previous owners of our house were umm… shiny green lawn people, and I don't know if that has something to do with it, but this stuff was "Its dead, Jim" dead.
So we embarked on a campaign of soil improvement. Any kind of soil improvement has two parts. First, there's getting your soil up to speed. In some cases, this might not be much – maybe some ashes from your stove or a little lime to even out some acidity, or maybe a little rock powder for trace minerals, or a light dressing of the rabbit poop your rabbits make sure you get anyway. If your soil is basically in good shape – you've had a soil test and you know that it is high in organic matter and sufficient in macro and micronutrients.
But what if it isn't? What if you've got dead soil, like mine, or rock hard clay, or soil (also like mine) that has been leached of nutrients? Again, there are two projects here – the first is the short term building of soil so that you can get to gardening. The second is the long term maintenence of soil health, and the addition of more organic matter, so that eventually, your soil can hold enough organic matter to save the world – or at least sequester a bit of carbon. Plus, things will grow better. Win-win.
My favorite way to build soil on something that is completely unworkable is the lasagna method, which is pretty much sheet mulching (covering the soil with newspaper or cardboard, then laying on as much organic material as you've got, with some dirt or compost on it. This makes raised beds, which is good if what you have is either wet or rock hard, or if you are, say putting your dirt on gravel or something toxic. It might be tough in a dry, hot climate though – raised beds dry out and warm up in the spring earlier, and keeping them wet might be tough. In that case, you might consider digging into the ground, creating sunken beds with the same mixture. We use leaves, grass clippings and farm bedding as the main ingredients in our lasagna beds, with a layer of find compost on top if I'm starting seeds in it.
If you need to amend soil, you'll have the choice of synthetic or natural soil amendments. Generally speaking, you'll want the natural ones. I'm not a complete organic purist – I think there are times when artificial fertilizer use is justified. But there's a price to be paid for its use, and care is needed – otherwise you can end up contaminating your water supply, wasting your money and depleting your soil overall. I don't generally use synthetic fertilizers, and if I were to use them, I'd use them only on untilled soil with plenty of organic matter added, in small and precise quantities. Most of the value of artificial fertilizers is presently lost into waterways and various other sites of contamination.
You can buy an organic fertilizer mix, or you can make your own. I generally use a mix of alfalfa meal, rock phosphate, and wood ashes, along with greensand and kelp, as well as occasionally special additions to deal with soil types or plant special needs. But I don't know about you, but I can't mine rock phosphate from my property, nor do I produce enough alfalfa to fertilize my garden. So this is not a long-term sustainable project. I use these amendments sparingly, where they are needed to bring soils up to basic fertility.
Then, we try to keep the fertility there. That means cover cropping a portion of our garden every year, integrating dynamic accumulator plants into our plantings (these are plants that bring up nutrients from the subsoil), undercropping with nitrogen fixers (these plants fix nitrogen from the air), mulching (we try to grow as much of our own mulch as possible in place – another good use for undercropping – a nice planting of buckwheat under tomatoes, or white clover under garlic can provide a living mulch and then the next planting cycle's mulching materials), and the heavy application of organic material – that is, compost and composted animal manures.
Every time we take something off of the soil, we are removing nutrients from our soil, and depleting, to some degree, the organic material available to them. High levels of organic material are essential for soil life and health – so faced with dead soil, the first thing I did was put my turkey poults in a chicken tractor on top of the border for a few days. The easiest way to move the poop to the garden beds is sometimes to move the poop makers there . Now since this was raw manure, I made sure there was plenty of bedding, and I wasn't planting food plants there right away. Had I needed to use it immediately, I would have switched to already composted manure, and gotten out the wheelbarrow.
Next, I planted the foundation plantings to annual alfalfa, since it was already summer, and warm. Different cover crops are specific to different seasons – they are spring, summer or fall sown. You sow the fall crops to overwinter – to hold soil in place, and add organic material. Winter rye, hairy vetch, fava beans (in some climates) are all common winter sown cover crops. Spring sown crops are generally cut down in summer, and either stay in place all season (things like red clover), providing multiple doses of fertility and green material, or they are cut down (oats, say) to provide organic material for the fall garden. Summer crops (buckwheat, annual alfalfa) can go in after the peas or the early lettuce, and grow fast and fill the space until fall. For a site you don't plan to get to for a year or two, perennial crops can do a lot to regenerate soil.
Cover cropping is very place specific – the best crops are specific to your climate, seasons and locality, so talk to your cooperative extension. They are a powerful tool for building fertility, adding organic matter and improving soil, and one that is worth getting to know.
My goal in the long term is for these beds to provide a warm, dry, moderately fertile site for mediterranean herbs and a few flowering perennials. That is, I wasn't trying to produce fertility for growing heavy feeders, like greens or corn. So after the alfalfa, I added some greensand and kelp, a light layer of compost, and planted into the mulch I'd already established. In went lavender, oregano, several marjorams and thymes, a rosemary that probably didn't survive the winter this year, and some plants that like or tolerate similar conditions of slightly dry soil, lots of sun and only moderate fertility – catmint, echinops and malva. And they've thrived.
Many perennial plants make wonderful fertility enhancers to annual gardens – whether perennial nitrogen fixing shrubs, whose leaf litter and root nodes enhance the trees and perennial plantings around them, comfrey and stinging nettle which can be cut for mulch or compost, small trees integrated into garden sites to provide leaf mulch, or perennial living mulches. This is one of those things that has potentially enormous long term yields, and has really only begun to be explored in a deep way.
The best soils for sequestering organic matter will be those that are in perennial plantings, that have constant inputs of organic matter – these include forests that are enriched yearly by leaf drops, permanent pastures which are manured by grazing animals (It has been calculated that Joel Salatin's grazed pastures sequester as much carbon as a similarly sized forest after decades of grazing), and perennial gardens that are carefully managed to provide their own needs.
I maintain fertility in the perennial planting I established in these beds by the occasional dumping of animal bedding on the ground, permanent mulch, wood ashes from our stove, and a strewing of kelp. I've also grown an annual crop of chamomile, a good dynamic accumulator, and left everything but the flowerheads in place. I give the whole thing an occasional boost of nitrogen by dumping dilute urine over it – urine is safe unless you have tularemia (in which case you have worse problems than not being able to fertilize with your pee) and diluted 1-7 (1-10 if you don't drink enough), it provides a real boost to plants. To be paranoid stop doing so 10 days before harvest.
More demanding annual feeders get composted chicken or goat manure, plant compost, weed and manure teas. Other plants might also get living mulches, and I rotate plants as wisely and carefully as I can, following the heavy feeders with nitrogen fixers or light feeders undersown with nitrogen fixing cover crops. My whole garden gets rotating quantities of worm casting to supplement the soil and improve its texture.
Meanwhile, in maintaining, we try to put back what we take off. Crop residues are left in place, either chopped down and incorporated into the permanent mulch or they are burned in our woodstove (for heavy, dense stalks) and returned as ash. Some of the nitrogen is returned in the form of urine. We mulch as much as possible with our own mulches – grass clippings, leaves and plants grown for compost or as mulch plants. We try not to steal too much from any one other place – but we gratefuly take things people discard, like leaves from yards when we venture into suburbia, or horse manure from our horse-keeping neighbors.
Animal manures have a very powerful role in gardening – in a perfect world, we'd compost all human manures until they were thoroughly pathogen free, and restore the soil with what we take off. But whether this is safe is debatable, and anyone who shares food will not want to risk a lawsuit. So composted animals manures are a powerful tool for maintaining fertility – one of the reasons that polycultures of animals and plants are generally more effective than either alone. We use composted human manures only on decorative and tree plantings.
Two particular ways of maintaining fertility deserve mention here – fungal soil support, by mycorrhizae (tiny fungus that colonize the soil) and biochar. Mycorrhizae have a symbiotic relationship with the roots of many plants, and can enhance the ability to plants to uptake nutrients and deal with water stress among other things. Many soils are fungi deficient, and an application of mycorrhizae can improve your plants ability to absorb the nutrients in your soil.
Biochar/Terra Preta is a fascinating subject – and one still uncertain. Terra Preta involves adding plant based charcoal (ie, not the briquets at the grocery store) to your soil. What this does is still a matter of speculation – it isn't clear, for example, whether the charcoal itself or the organic processes it enables are actually what creates the rich soil involved. Nor is it clear that all soils respond equally well to terra preta inputs – for example a study found that boreal forest soils did not seem to respond to biochar applications. That said, however, there have been some fascinating results – biochar supplemented soils seem to stimulate nitrogen fixing in legumes, for example, and while charcoal supplemented soils enable plants to take up more minerals, the soils deplete more slowly. This is a project still in the exploration stages, but one that home gardeners and small farmers can contribute to with experimentation.
We're not a closed circle by any means – we still take advantage, as long as they are available and we can afford them, of valuable amendments. But the idea is to lose as little as possible, while getting the best possible balance between improved soil, the health of the world, and a system in which you need to bring in a little less from offsite each year. This, it seems, is an entirely achievable goal.


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Todd Hi Ludmilla, in Asia, India was my favourite. Such a diverse country (beaches, desert, mountains, etc, plus the culture) and train travel is such a blast. Very cheap of course and so many famous places to explore. Thailand is good if you need a rest. It's relatively developed, has fast internet in the big cities, the people are friendly, and it's very cheap. In South America, we loved Bolivia and Peru. Peru is an easy place with lots of history and nice people, while Bolivia has lots of adventure and our favourite, the San Pedro Prison. If you want a real adventure, give this a go > http://globetrooper.com/notes/how-to-get-into-san-pedro-prison-bolivia. Would love to hear about Russia too.
Ludmila Hi Todd, thanks for the info. I do plan to stay for a while in India and explore not only tourist spots but also some hidden non tourist places. If u know those that might be of interest and give me the list I ll be very thankful. I do plan to have some rest in Thailand indeed so probably will spend there a month too. I was in Peru 2 years ago and covered pretty much of the country but defo plan Bolivia. Not very aware about the country yet. I actually wanted to write some articles on Russia and also if you need I can correct the info you have in the Region guides - not sure how quick though..P.S. Liked ur profile pic - we have climbed Kilimanjaro this year too and I just loved it so def plan some treks during my trip as well


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Hovis operations at Greenford, west London, will also close, costing 196 jobs, while the company's owner, Premier Foods, is also preparing to shut distribution sites at Plymouth and Mendlesham, Suffolk, resulting in the loss of 95 jobs in total.
The closures are subject to consultation with employees but are scheduled to take place during the course of 2013.
St Albans-based Premier, which also makes Mr Kipling cakes and Bisto gravy, has seen its Hovis division hit by intense competition in the bread market and a surge in wheat price inflation caused by poor weather.
It is also set to lose a £75 million-a-year contract with a major grocery chain from the middle of next year after Premier was unable to agree a new deal on sufficiently attractive terms.
It is cutting 130 distribution routes and closing the supply centres to take into account the expected reduction in volumes.
Premier chief executive Michael Clarke said: "We recognise the impact these actions will have for our employees at the sites affected.
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Having lit up this summer's UEFA Women's Euro 2017 with her deadly eye for goal, Jodie Taylor's year is getting better and better.
The England striker's five goals in the Netherlands won her the golden boot award as Mark Sampson's Lionesses reached the semi-finals, a feat which that earned Taylor the England Player of the Year gong at Friday's FA Women's Football Awards, held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in central London.
The 31-year-old from Birkenhead is enjoying a fruitful spell after being restored to the national team, and her hat-trick against Scotland at the Euros saw her up with Sir Geoff Hurst and Gary Lineker as the only England players to net a treble at a major tournament.
Taylor will lead the Arsenal line during the upcoming FA Women's Super League 1 season, and she was quick to heap praise on her team-mates for club and country as the reason for her excellent form.
"It's pretty incredible – I'm ecstatic and shocked," said Taylor. "I wasn't really expecting it to be honest - all the others deserve it as much as me.
"But obviously it's a great achievement, an honour and a privilege to win the award. It's pretty cool.
"It was awesome to be part of that environment [in the Netherlands]. To be a part of the national team is great, from a football perspective and the environment surrounding it.
"It's an environment you can thrive in and I feel like I've thrived in it.
"I love my team mates, I feel like I have been successful because of them playing well – they put the ball in the right areas and make everything so easy for me. I love the girls so much."
The FA Women's Football Awards celebrated an exciting year for women's football and recognised the achievements of clubs, players, staff and the excellent work done at the grassroots level of the game.
The awards also highlighted the success of The FA's Gameplan for Growth, launched earlier in 2017, which aims to double participation and the fanbase of the women's game by 2020 and create sustained success at elite international level.
Taylor joined Arsenal in 2016 after a two-year spell in the United States, during which time she played for Washington Spirit and Portland Thorns.
And despite her European commitments resulting in her having a shorter summer break than most, Taylor is itching to get back on the pitch in the red of Arsenal and do what she does best.
"Pre-season has been going really well," she said. "We had a couple of weeks off after the Euros to get over not winning it.
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With the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi (RUS) around the corner, the world's best athletes are in crunch mode trying to qualify for the highlight of the winter. One such athlete is reigning World Champion in parallel giant slalom Isabella Laböck (GER) who has so far only secured half of the national criteria. In order to make the German Olympic team, the 27-year-old needs another top-16 result which she hopes to clinch at Austria's Bad Gastein next weekend.
FIS talked to Isabella about her season and goals.
You haven't lived up to your expectations yet this winter. What went wrong at the first two races in Carezza (ITA) in mid-December?
I knew that a new season is always different. This time, I didn't have a good start probably the worst I've ever had going into a new season. Maybe it was because of fewer opportunities we have this year to qualify for Sochi. We only have five races where we can make the cut. I wasn't riding with ease like I normally do.
Did you put yourself under too much pressure coming out of the best season you have ever had with a World Championship title under your belt?
No. That had nothing to do with it. The title stands for itself.
There was just something wrong with the first races. You want to make the Olympic criteria, so you don't want to make any mistakes. But racing with the handbrake on doesn't lead to any good either.
You'll get another chance in Bad Gastein with two races this weekend. What is your plan there?
I'm basically not aiming to win or to get a top-three result. I want to make it to the finals and thus earn my Olympic ticket. Once that's done, we'll see what comes next. The sooner I get this top-16 result, the better. I want to do more contest runs than at the first two events in order to get in racing mode again.
You know Bad Gastein from previous years. How do you like it?
I really like the slope. I have been racing there for many years. We (the German team) were on-site last week to train there too and the slope looked good.
But now the weather changed a bit...
That's right. The whole weather situation is weird given that we are entering an Olympic winter. But I'm glad that Bad Gastein was able to replace the cancelled Jauerling event. We have to deal with what we get.


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White, who became SEC chairman on April 10, has suggested the commission pass the existing plan without major changes and add additional protections later, said the people, who declined to be identified because the deliberations are private. The approach would placate congressional Republicans who have complained the SEC has slow-walked the rule, which was required to be completed by July 2012.
Approving the regulation would allow White to make good on a promise she made in her Senate confirmation hearing to prioritize rules mandated by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, which was designed to boost capital-raising and job creation. At the same time, it could anger advocates for small investors and at least one Democratic commissioner.
"It would be a very bad sign -- a cause for grave concern about the substance of the issue and process of how investor protection concerns are addressed," Barbara Roper, director investor protection at the Washington-based Consumer Federation of America, said in a phone interview. Roper said she discussed the rule with White and other SEC officials on April 23.
John Nester, an SEC spokesman, declined to comment on White's plans.
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The SEC's five-member commission has been divided on the rule since last year. The SEC's two Republican commissioners have said the proposed rule should be completed as written. Democratic Commissioner Luis A. Aguilar said this month that a rewrite is needed because the proposal was an "aggressive effort to exclude pro-investor initiatives."
The rule would lift the ban on "general solicitation," or using advertising to market investments in hedge funds, startups and other firms. The prohibition was designed to protect small investors from taking inappropriate risks. Only more sophisticated investors, or people with annual income greater than $200,000 and net worth greater than $1 million excluding their home value, can make such investments.
These types of investments are exempt from the requirement to file financial results with the SEC. They raised $905 billion in 2010, surpassing the amount of capital raised by any other type of offering, including public debt, according to a February paper by SEC economists. Sixteen percent were done by hedge funds, 15.3 percent by technology companies and 9.8 percent by health care firms, according to the SEC.
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Taking a final vote also would alleviate congressional pressure. In August, the SEC approved an initial plan 4-1, with Aguilar voting against it. The full commission has to vote again on the final proposal for it to take effect.
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"Storytelling is a lost art," sighs Dan Lauria, who grew up in Lindenhurst, LI, listening to his favorite voices on the radio. Now he's playing one of his heroes: Jean Shepherd, the Homer of WOR, whose hardscrabble Indiana boyhood inspired the 1983 film classic "A Christmas Story" and now Broadway's "A Christmas Story — the Musical," replete with a chorus line of leg-shaped lamps. Lauria, a former Marine and a history major, is warmly remembered as Jack Arnold, the father in TV's long-running "The Wonder Years," and says he's still in touch with every member of that fictitious family. "Fred Savage is one of our leading three-camera directors," Lauria says proudly. "Eighty-five percent of the kids who work in TV wind up doing fine!" Here's what's in Lauria's library.
In God We Trust
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My favorite story here is "Mail Call," about the soldiers gathering together to receive their mail. My father was in the Army — he was a forward observer — and he wasn't much for war stories. When I went into the service, every time there was a mail call, I'd think about this story.
Hedy's Folly
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I'm an old-movie buff so, I knew who Hedy Lamarr was, and that she was a genius. She helped come up with a device for torpedo heads so the enemy couldn't track them. It wasn't used for WWII but it should have been. I gave this book to Danica McKellar, a math whiz who played Winnie on "The Wonder Years," and she said what a great movie this would be.
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I don't think 99 percent of women know about Dr. Walker, who was considered crazy because she believed in sterilizing your surgical instruments and that your diet could affect your health. She also led the women's rights movement from after the Civil War into the early 1900s. She was a great character.
The Razor's Edge
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It's about finding God here on earth, but it's not one of those religious books — it's about soul-searching, and it's a great story. If you don't have time to read the book, watch the original movie with Tyrone Power, not the one with Bill Murray — that was a waste!


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Historic Arroyo Seco Parkway (SR-110) National Scenic Byway
The beautiful and historic Arroyo Seco Parkway (State Route 110), formerly known as the Pasadena Freeway, marked an important transitional moment in the history of American freeway engineering and transportation.
The Arroyo Seco Parkway opened to the motoring public in 1940. At the dedication ceremony, California Governor Culbert L. Olso declared the Arroyo Seco Parkway to be the "first freeway in the West." It was hailed both as a "modern" and "novel" road by state highway engineers due to its safety features. A 1945 study pointed to these safety features as an explanation for the remarkably low ration of traffic accidents that the parkway enjoyed in comparison to other major highways with similar traffic volumes. Residents of the region described it as the "hanging gardens" of the Arroyo, or more simply as "picturesque."
The historic Arroyo Seco Parkway was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in February 2011, designated a National Scenic Byway by the U.S. Secretary of Transportation in 2002, and designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1999 by the American Society of Engineers.
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The City of South Pasadena was awarded more than $400,000 in Bicycle Transportation Account (BTA) Grant funds to implement its Bicycle Master Plan (BMP) approved August 2011. From a total of 124 applications submitted, South Pasadena was one of 39 agencies awarded competitive grant funds. The grant was awarded to fund two high-profile projects from the City's BMP: the Mission Street Green Sharrow Lane Project and the South Pasadena Bicycle Parking Project.
The Mission Street Green Sharrow Lane project is an enhanced class III bicycle facility that will be installed in the center of the right travel lane in both directions on Mission Street from Grand Avenue to Fair Oaks. In addition, bike boxes will be installed at certain intersections as a safety and mobility enhancement for cyclists.
"These grant-funded projects will promote healthy, environmentally-friendly mobility options supporting the City's goal of multi-modalism while maintaining the City's small-town character. A transportation system that incorporates bicycling can lead to a reduction in vehicle miles traveled, traffic congestion and related auto emissions, while providing healthy lifestyle choices and improved economic vitality," stated Mayor Schneider.
Corridor Partnership Plan (CPP) - Initial Report
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- HISTORIC ARROYO SECO PARKWAY CORRIDOR PARTNERSHIP PLAN (PDF 86mbs)
- Appendix A - Supporting Documents
- Appendix B - Literature and Legislation
- Appendix C - Implementable Plans and Projects
A study was launched in November 2011 regarding the Historic Arroyo Seco Parkway National Scenic Byway. The initial report being generated from this study in October 2012 is referred to as a Corridor Management Plan, or more specifically for the Arroyo Seco Byway, it is the Corridor Partnership Plan (CPP). This document is a requirement of National Scenic Byways Program, sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
" . . . Development and implementation of a corridor management plan to maintain the scenic, historical, recreational, cultural, natural, and archaeological characteristics of a byway corridor while providing for accommodation of increased tourism and development of related amenities, 23 U.S.C. 162(c)(2).
The CPP for the Historic Arroyo Seco Parkway National Scenic Byway establishes a framework and structure by which the future of the byway corridor can be effectively managed. To accomplish this, the CPP identifies a series of strategies, recommendations and implementation measures to be undertaken for the benefit of the Arroyo Seco Parkway and the overall Byway Corridor:
1. A corridor management plan is a written document that specifies the actions, procedures, controls, operational practices, and strategies to maintain the archaeological, cultural, historic, natural, recreational, and scenic qualities that support the byway's designation. The plan should:
2. The plan must address the 14 points of corridor management planning that are included in the Federal Highway Administration's Interim Policy for the National Scenic Byways Program published in the Federal Register on May 15, 1995; see http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-1995-05-18/html/95-12211.htm.
3. Development of a corridor management plan includes:
Please refer to the following web links for further information on corridor plans.
- http://www.scenic.org/issues/scenic-byways/byways-and-corridor-management-plans
- http://www.bywaysonline.org/grants/application/information/category_2
"Interpreting The Arroyo Seco Parkway" Project
This planning study integrates a significant, related study completed in 2012 by Caltrans, in partnership with the Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority,called "Interpreting the Arroyo Seco Parkway." The series of reports creates the first comprehensive tourism plan to interpret and market the Byway corridor as a regional destination.
- Exec Summary- Interpreting Arroyo Seco 2012.pdf
- ASB Interpretive Plan final 2012 May 30
- Arroyo Seco Parkway Brand and Marketing Plan FINAL
- Arroyo_Seco_Signage_Guidelines
- Arroyo Seco Parkway Inventory Asset FINAL March 2012
- Arroyo Seco Market Research 2-2012 - with appendices
- "Discover the Arroyo Seco" Map
For questions or comments regarding the Arroyo Seco Parkway Corridor Partnership Plan, please e-mail email@example.com
Resource Links:
- Arroyo Seco Foundation
- Link to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs catalog, enter"Arroyo Seco Parkway" in the search engine
- National Scenic Byways Program
- California Travel & Tourism Commission- A trip along the Arroyo Seco Scenic Byway
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Photographer Juneyoung Lim is specialized on architecture and fine-art photography. He was born in Seoul, Korea, and graduated from Academy of Art University in San Francisco with a degree in Photography and from School of Visual Arts in New York with a MPS in Digital Photography.
He comes from a photographer family. As the 4th generation of photographer, he has always taken a picture from life.
Growing up near his father and his works, he learned to see architecture as art.
As the son of the famous photographer who is the first professional architecture photographer in Korea, Juneyoung is a architecture and fine-art Photographer who is passionately attracted to 'nature-architecture-human being' and a professor teaching his knowledge to IDAS(International Design school for Advanced studies) students at HongIk university.
His work - "Like Water: part 1", "New Fossils" and else - has been exhibited in many galleries in San Francisco, New York, and Korea. Nowadays he focus on next project.